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Cliff Lewis shows the making and use of Deciduous and Flowering Hedges including Beech, Hornbeam, and Rose and introduces Arthur Billitt, Head of Lenton Experimental Station with Ring Culture of Outdoor Tomatoes; Early flowering Chrysanthemums and Late flowering Chrysanthemums lifted from an ash bed into the greenhouse.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Lewis
Guest:
Arthur Billitt
Producer:
Paul Morby

Look around with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Cy Grant and the travelling reporters including Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Associate producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Great Yarmouth welcomes you to an excerpt from Billy Russell's Grand Circus at the Hippodrome
with Don Saunders, assisted by Mlle. Rina, McSovereign, The Four Ledas, The Alexis Troupe, The Flying Olympics, Billy Russell's Chimpanzees - trained and presented by Maurice Leonard, Noe Noe and Wee Bobbie, The Hippodrome Show Girls
Bert Galey and the Circus Band
Ringmaster, Roberto Germains
An outside broadcast presented by Barrie Edgar

Contributors

Ringmaster:
Roberto Germains
Clown:
Don Saunders
Assisted by:
Mlle. Rina
Performer:
null McSovereign
Performers:
The Four Ledas
Springboard act:
The Alexis Troupe
Performers:
The Flying Olympics
Trained and presented by (Billy Russell's Chimpanzees):
Maurice Leonard
Performers:
Noe Noe and Wee Bobbie
Entertainers:
The Hippodrome Show Girls
Musicians:
Bert Galey and the Circus Band
Choreography:
Stella Carlisle
Commentator:
Michael Henderson
Presented by:
Barrie Edgar

by H.G. Wells
Adapted for television in six parts by Constance Cox
[Starring] Emrys Jones as Mr. Polly
with Mary MacKenzie and Daphne Anderson

In which Mr. Polly loses his heart.

(See facing page)

[Photo caption] Mr. Polly has heard of some unexpected good fortune and met some relatives for the first time. So now, as he tells Grace Johnson, he is going "to ride around a bit".

Contributors

Author:
H.G. Wells
Adapter:
Constance Cox
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Harold Johnson:
Richard Caldicot
Uncle Pentstemon:
Wilfrid Brambell
Mr. Polly:
Emrys Jones
Grace Johnson:
Edna Morris
Mrs. Larkins:
Gladys Henson
Annie Larkins:
Daphne Anderson
Minnie Larkins:
Barbara Lott
Miriam Larkins:
Mary MacKenzie
Man with bicycle:
Geoffrey Frederick
Christabel:
Barbara Brown
Schoolgirl:
Victoria Harrington
Schoolgirl:
Carole Gehe

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More